The 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 25 and 30 April 2016.
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1Women's singles280180110603011814101Women's doubles1
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedTimea Bacsinszky161Ekaterina Makarova292Anna Karolína Schmiedlová343Irina-Camelia Begu354Tímea Babos405Annika Beck416Lesia Tsurenko437Yulia Putintseva538 1 Rankings as of April 18, 2016
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ghita Benhadi Anna Blinkova Ons Jabeur
The following players received entry as qualifiers: Marina Erakovic Kaia Kanepi Aleksandra Krunić Sílvia Soler Espinosa
The following player received entry as a special exempt: Kateryna Kozlova
The following player entered by a protected ranking: Laura Robson
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Richèl Hogenkamp Anastasia Rodionova Sara Sorribes Tormo
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kateryna Bondarenko → replaced by Andreea Mitu Çağla Büyükakçay → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova Misaki Doi → replaced by Alison Riske Irina Falconi → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova Nao Hibino → replaced by Kiki Bertens Bojana Jovanovski → replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru Karin Knapp → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp Johanna Konta → replaced by Tatjana Maria Laura Siegemund → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo Elena Vesnina → replaced by Donna Vekić
Retirements Lesia Tsurenko
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedTatjana MariaRaluca Olaru1101Anastasia RodionovaArina Rodionova1172Annika BeckJohanna Larsson1623Xenia KnollAleksandra Krunić2104 1 Rankings as of April 18, 2016
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Ghita Benhadi / Ons Jabeur Salma Charif / Abir El Fahimi
Withdrawals During the tournament Daniela Hantuchová
Champions
Singles
Timea Bacsinszky def. Marina Erakovic, 6–2, 6–1
Doubles
Xenia Knoll / Aleksandra Krunić def. Tatjana Maria / Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–0.
References
External links Official website